Browne Jackson How Long Lyrics

How Long Lyrics

When you look into a child's face

 And you're seeing the human race

 And the endless possibilities there

 Where so much can come true

 And you think of the beautiful things

 A child can do

 

 How long -- would the child survive

 How long -- if it was up to you

 

 When you think about the money spent

 On defense by a government

 And the weapons of destruction we've built

 We're so sure that we need

 And you think of the millions and millions

 That money could feed

 

 How long -- can you hear someone crying

 How long -- can you hear someone dying

 Before you ask yourself why?

 And how long will we hear people speaking

 About missiles for peace

 And just let it go by

 How long will they tell us these weapons

 Are keeping us free

 That's a lie

 

 If you saw it from a satellite

 With its green and its blue and white

 The beauty of the curve of the earth

 And its oceans below

 You might think it was paradise

 If you didn't know

 You might think that it's turning

 But it's turning so slow

 

 How long -- can you hear someone crying

 How long -- can you hear someone dying

 Before you ask yourself why?

 And how long will it be 'till we've turned

 To the tasks and the skills

 That we'll have to have learned

 If we're going to find our place in the future

 And have something to offer

 Where this planet's concerned

 How long?